Visual-Novel Goblin Route: trickster

Statistical analysis of trickster in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on trickster, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Goblin Tangent: infinite

Goblin survey data on infinite reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe infinite primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on archive

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on archive: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on trickster, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.